--- title: Ezekiel 18:24 (JPS 1917) — But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and comm… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? Who acts: righteous, wicked man, wicked. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (righteous, wicked man, wicked), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EZK:427 # text = But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turneth turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 committeth commit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 abominations abomination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | present | the righteous | | | wicked's righteousness | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from righteousness=Source | | 2 | **commit** | present | the righteous *not said here* | iniquity | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present | the righteous *not said here* | | | | | accord all abominations | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | present | the wicked man | all abominations | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 6 | **live** | shall | wicked | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וּבְשׁ֨וּב צַדִּ֤יק מִצִּדְקָתוֹ֙ וְעָ֣שָׂה עָ֔וֶל כְּכֹ֨ל הַתּוֹעֵב֜וֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֧ה הָרָשָׁ֛ע יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה וָחָ֑י כָּל־צִדְקֹתָ֤יו אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה֙ לֹ֣א תִזָּכַ֔רְנָה בְּמַעֲל֧וֹ אֲשֶׁר־מָעַ֛ל וּבְחַטָּאת֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֖א בָּ֥ם יָמֽוּת׃ [Ezekiel 18:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.24/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live?** 2. [None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered; for his trespass that he trespassed, and for his sin that he hath sinned, for them shall he die.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.428/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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